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        Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        Part I Conspiracy
        1. The offence of conspiracy.
        1A. Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom.
        2. Exemptions from liability for conspiracy.
        3. Penalties for conspiracy.
        4. Restrictions on the institution of proceedings for conspiracy.
        5. Abolitions, savings, transitional provisions, consequential amendment and repeals.
        Part II Offences Relating to Entering and Remaining on Property
        6. Violence for securing entry.
        7. Adverse occupation of residential premises.
        8. Trespassing with a weapon of offence.
        9. Trespassing on premises of foreign missions, etc.
        10. Obstruction of court officers executing process for possession against unauthorised occupiers.
        11. . . .
        12. Supplementary provisions.
        12A. Protected intending occupiers: supplementary provisions.
        13. Abolitions and repeals.
        Part III Criminal Procedure, Penalties, etc.
        14. . . .
        Allocation of offences to classes as regards mode of trial
        15. Offences which are to become triable only summarily.
        16. . . .
        17. Offence which is to become triable only on indictment.
        18-26. . . .
        Penalties
        27. . . .
        28. Penalties on summary conviction for offences triable either way.
        29. . . .
        30. Penalties (and mode of trial) for offences made triable only summarily.
        31. Increase of fines for certain summary offences.
        32. Other provisions as to maximum fines.
        33. Penalty for offences under section 3 of Explosive Substances Act 1883.
        Young offenders
        34, 35. . . .
        36. Enforcement of fines imposed on young offenders.
        37. Supervision orders.
        Cross-border enforcement
        38. Execution throughout United Kingdom of warrants of arrest.
        38A. Execution in different parts of United Kingdom of warrants for imprisonment for non-payment of fine.
        38B. Further provision for execution of warrants of commitment for non-payment of sum adjudged to be paid by conviction in England and Wales or Northern Ireland.
        39. Service of summonses and citation throughout United Kingdom.
        40. Transfer of fine orders.
        Other provisions
        41, 42. . . .
        43. . . .
        44. Appeals against conviction.
        45. . . .
        46. Committal for sentence for offences tried summarily.
        47. Prison sentence partly served and partly suspended.
        48. Power to make rules as to furnishing of information by prosecutor in criminal proceedings.
        49. Power to order search of persons before Crown Court.
        Part IV Miscellaneous Provisions
        50. . . .
        51. Bomb hoaxes.
        52. Misuse of Drugs Act 1971: redefinition of cannabis.
        53. Amendments of Obscene Publications Act 1959 with respect to cinematograph exhibitions.
        54. Inciting girl under sixteen to have incestuous sexual intercourse.
        55. . . .
        56. . . .
        57. Probation and conditional discharge: power to vary statutory minimum or maximum period.
        58. Proceedings involving persons under 17: increase of certain pecuniary limits.
        59-61. . . .
        62. . . .
        Part V Provisions applying to Scotland
        63. Provisions applying to Scotland.
        Part VI Supplementary
        64. Meaning of"indictable offence","summary offence" and"offence triable either way" in England and Wales.
        65. Citation, etc.
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE 1 Offences Made Triable Only Summarily, and Related Amendments
        SCHEDULES 2-4 . . .
        SCHEDULE 5 Alteration of Penalties on Summary Conviction of Certain Offences Triable Either Way
        Schedule 6 Increase of fines for certain summary offences
        SCHEDULE 7 Transfer of Fine Orders
        SCHEDULE 8 . . .
        SCHEDULE 9 Matters Ancillary to Section 47
        SCHEDULE 10 . . .
        SCHEDULE 11 Amendments of Criminal Procedure (Scotland Act) 1975]
        SCHEDULE 12 Minor and Consequential Amendments
        NIGHT POACHING ACT 1828 (C. 69) {NIGHT POACHING ACT 1828 (C. 69)}
        METROPOLITAN POLICE COURTS ACT 1839 (C. 71) {METROPOLITAN POLICE COURTS ACT 1839 (C. 71) Section 24 (offence of possessing stolen goods with...}
        ACCESSORIES AND ABETTORS ACT 1861 (C. 94) {ACCESSORIES AND ABETTORS ACT 1861 (C. 94) In section 8 (abettors in misdmeanors,) for &ldqu...}
        OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 (C. 100) {OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 (C. 100) For section 16 (sending letters threatening to mu...}
        PUBLIC STORES ACT 1875 (C. 25) {PUBLIC STORES ACT 1875 (C. 25) Section 7 (offences of possessing, without a satisfactory explan...}
        EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES ACT 1883 (C. 3) {EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES ACT 1883 (C. 3) In section 3(1) (attempt to cause explosion, or making or ...}
        CORONERS ACT 1877 (c. 71) {CORONERS ACT 1877 (c. 71) Section 4(2) (duty of coroner to take depositions in a case of murder...}
        CHILDREN ACT 1948 (c.43) {CHILDREN ACT 1948 (c.43) In section 29(5)(carrying on an unregistered voluntary home) omit the ...}
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        BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT 1953 (c. 20) {BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT 1953 (c. 20) In section 29(4) (correction of error in regist...}
        SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 1956 (C.69) {SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 1956 (C.69)}
        ADOPTION ACT 1958 (7&8 Eliz.2.c.5.) {ADOPTION ACT 1958 (7&8 Eliz.2.c.5.) In section 50 (prohibition of certain payments), af...}
        OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS ACT 1959 (c. 66) {OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS ACT 1959 (c. 66) In section 3(3) (powers of search and seizure) at end add...}
        CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1961 (c. 39) {CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1961 (c. 39)}
        LICENSING ACT 1964 (c. 26) {LICENSING ACT 1964 (c. 26)}
        HOUSING ACT 1964 (c. 56) {HOUSING ACT 1964 (c. 56) In section 65, after subsection (1) (penalty for failure to comply wit...}
        HOUSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1966 (c. 49) {HOUSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1966 (c. 49) In section 110, after subsection (1) (penalty for failure t...}
        CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1967 (c. 58) {CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1967 (c. 58) In section 2(1) (under which an offence carrying a sentence of fi...}
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        CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1967 (C. 80) {CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1967 (C. 80)}
        COMPANIES ACT 1967 (c. 81) {COMPANIES ACT 1967 (c. 81)}
        FIREARMS ACT 1968(c. 27) {FIREARMS ACT 1968(c. 27) For paragraph 3 of Part II of Schedule 6 (under which a person charged...}
        THEFT ACT 1968 (c. 60) THEFT ACT 1968 (c. 60) In section 28(1) (orders for the restitution of stolen goods), after "o
        GAMING ACT 1968 (c.65) {GAMING ACT 1968 (c.65) In section 8(7) (offences) for "section 67" substitu...}
        CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT 1969 (c.54)
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        FINANCE ACT 1972 (C. 41) {FINANCE ACT 1972 (C. 41) Paragraph 9 of Schedule 6 (right of members of value added tax tribuna...}
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        ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT 1973 (c. 15) {ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT 1973 (c. 15)}
        POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS ACT 1973 (c. 62) {POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS ACT 1973 (c. 62)}
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        JURIES ACT 1974 (c. 23) {JURIES ACT 1974 (c. 23) In Schedule 1, in group B (which disqualifies from jury service persons...}
        HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ETC. ACT 1974 (c. 37) {HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ETC. ACT 1974 (c. 37) In section 15(6)( d ) (power to restrict punish...}
        REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 (c. 53) {REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 (c. 53) In section 6(6)( a ) (convictions in England and W...}
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        BAIL ACT 1976 (c. 63) {BAIL ACT 1976 (c. 63)}
        SCHEDULE 13 {Section 65.}
        SCHEDULE 14 Transitional Provisions

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